Acer ICONIA TAB

Quick Guide

Product registration
When using your product for the first time, it is recommended that you immediately register it. This will give you access to some useful benefits, such as: Faster service from our trained representatives. Membership in the Acer community: receive promotions and participate in customer surveys. The latest news from Acer.

Hurry and register, as other advantages await you!

How to register
To register your Acer product, please visit www.acer.com. Select your country, click PRODUCT REGISTRATION and follow the simple instructions. You will also be asked to register your product during the setup process, or you can double-click the Registration icon on the desktop. After we receive your product registration, you will be sent a confirmation email with important data that you should keep in a safe place.

Obtaining Acer accessories

We are happy to inform you that Acer's warranty extension program and Notebook accessories are available online. Come and visit our online shop and find what you need at store.acer.com. The Acer store is being progressively rolled out, and, unfortunately may not be available in some regions. Please check back regularly to see when it will be available in your country.

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First things first

We would like to thank you for making an Acer computer your choice for meeting your mobile computing needs.

Your guides
To help you use your Acer computer, we have designed a set of guides: First off, the setup poster helps you get started with setting up your computer. The ICONIA TAB User Guide contains useful information applying to all models in the ICONIA TAB product series. It covers basic topics such as using the keyboard and audio, etc. The Quick Guide introduces you to the basic features and functions of your new computer. For more on how your computer can help you to be more productive, please refer to the ICONIA TAB User Guide. This guide contains detailed information on such subjects as system utilities, data recovery, expansion options and troubleshooting. In addition it contains warranty information and the general regulations and safety notices for your computer. It is available in Portable Document Format (PDF) and comes preloaded on your computer. Follow these steps to access it: 1 2 Click on Start > All Programs > Documentation. Click on ICONIA TAB User Guide.

Note: Viewing the file requires Adobe Reader. If Adobe Reader is not installed on your computer, clicking on ICONIA TAB User Guide will run the Adobe Reader setup program first. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. For instructions on how to use Adobe Reader, access the Help and Support menu.

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Obtaining Acer accessories First things first

Your guides

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Your Acer tablet PC tour

Tablet PC Front view Back view Top view Bottom view Left view Right view Booting your tablet Key functions for boot menus Connect the tablet to the keyboard dock Secure the tablet to the keyboard dock Keyboard dock Top view Front view Left view Right view Environment

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Acer Ring
Sync function Clean Disk function

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TouchBrowser
Adding a page to your Favorites

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My Journal
Editing pages Web Clip

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Acer clear.fi
Media content types DMS (Digital Media Server) devices Display media content Save media content Search media Media sharing settings

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Device Control Using the virtual keyboard SocialJogger

Sharing content Settings

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Acer Backup Manager

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Contents

Product registration

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Your Acer tablet PC tour

After setting up your computer as illustrated in the setup poster, let us show you around your new Acer computer. You can enter information into you new computer via the touchscreen or with the keyboard dock.

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Note: The keyboard dock is optional.

Tablet PC
Your new computer has two components, the tablet and the keyboard dock. The following set of images will show you the Tablet PC. The views are labeled as if you are holding the Tablet with the screen towards you and the cameras at the top.

Front view 1 2 3

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No. 1 2 3 Item Latch Microphones Integrated webcam Description Secures the tablet to the keyboard dock when closed. Two internal microphones for stereo sound recording. Web camera for video communication.

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Item Windows key / power status indicator

Description Press once to open the Start menu or wake tablet from Sleep mode. Press the power button while holding the Windows key to perform the <Ctrl> + < Alt> +<Del> function (this is referred to as the "Windows Security Button" in the operating system).

Status indicator color Power status Blue Slow flash: Orange Flashing: Orange Off System turned on. System in Standby mode. System entering Hibernate mode. System in Hibernate mode or turned off.

Back view

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No. 1 2 3 Item Integrated webcam SIM card slot Speaker Description Web camera for video communication.

Accepts a 3G SIM card (configuration may vary depending on model). Delivers audio output.

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Top view

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No. 1 Item Ventilation slot Description Provides adequate air flow to maintain a safe operating temperature.

Bottom view

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Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera). Locks the screen orientation. Connects to the supplied keyboard dock. USB port may also be used as a standard USB port. Accepts a 3G SIM card (configuration may vary depending on model).

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Lock switch Dock connector

SIM card slot

Note: Display orientation may be fixed when applications designed for a specific orientation are running. These include games and other full-screen applications. When making video calls, you should always hold the tablet in landscape orientation.

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Left view

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Headphone jack

Connects to audio devices (e.g., speakers, headphones). Supports compatible 3.5 mm headsets with built-in microphone (e.g. Acer smart handheld headsets).

Battery LED

Indicates the computer's battery status. 1. Charging: Amber. 2. Fully charged: Blue when plugged in. Press to turn the tablet on; press again to place the tablet in Sleep mode. Press and hold to turn the tablet off. Press to increase or decrease volume. Provides adequate air flow to maintain a safe operating temperature. Accepts Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC). Note: Push to remove/install the card. Only one card can operate at any time.

Power button

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Volume key Ventilation slot 2-in-1 card reader

HDMI port

Supports high-definition digital video connections.

Right view

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No. Icon 1 Item DC-in jack Description Connects to an AC adapter.

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Booting your tablet

There are three ways to boot your tablet: 1 2 Quick boot: Press the power button; no external USB keyboard support before Windows boots; always boots from the SSD; overrides BIOS settings. Normal boot: Simultaneously press the power button and the Windows key; supports USB keyboard, <F2> and <F12> hotkeys; this boot sequence is used if Windows shuts down abnormally or after making changes to BIOS. Boot from recovery discs: Press the power button, Windows key and volume up key simultaneously. Use this if you need to restore your operating system to factory defaults from the supplied recovery discs. Please refer to Recovering your system in the User Guide.

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Key functions for boot menus

For menus displayed before Windows boots: Windows key: Select the highlighted menu option. Volume up/down: Move the cursor up or down.

Connect the tablet to the keyboard dock

Align the two arrows printed beneath the screen with the two pins on the keyboard dock. Press the tablet down.

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Secure the tablet to the keyboard dock

Place the tablet on the dock, ensuring you hear two clicks. Use the latch to secure the tablet.

Note: Remove the tablet by releasing the latch and lifting the tablet from the camera side.

Warning: Do not lift the tablet from the speaker side.

Keyboard dock
The following set of images show you the optional keyboard dock.

Top view

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No. 1 2 Item Dock connector Keyboard Description Connects to the tablet. A standard keyboard with full-size keys.

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Acer FineTrack pointing Pointing device to control cursor movement. device Latch Left and right buttons Secures the tablet to the keyboard dock when closed. Function like the left and right mouse buttons.

Front view

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No. Item 1 Latch Description Secures the tablet to the keyboard dock when closed.

Left view

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Ethernet (RJ-45) port Connects to an Ethernet 10/100/1000based network. USB 2.0 port Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera).

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Right view

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No. Icon 1 Item USB 2.0 port Description Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera).

Environment
Temperature: Operating: 5 C to 35 C Non-operating: -20 C to 65 C Humidity (non-condensing): Operating: 20% to 80% Non-operating: 20% to 80%

Acer Ring
Acer Ring incorporates a number of useful functions and tools in one easy-touse interface. Tap the touchscreen with all five fingers at once to display Acer Ring.

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Item Sync

Description Opens the data synchronization tool.

Game

Opens Acer GameZone.

Calculator

Opens the Windows Calculator.

Webcam

Opens the Acer CrystalEye webcam utility.

Snipping tool

Opens the Windows Snipping Tool.

Disk Clean

Opens the disk cleaning tool.

Device Control

Adjust settings for your computer (please refer to Device Control on page 20).

On one side of Acer Ring you can see a selection of AppCards. You can scroll through the applications and tap on a card to open the application.

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Acer Ring

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Sync function
Press to run all existing sync/backup jobs, including sync jobs created in the Migration and Synchronization Wizard. Please refer to Acer Backup Manager on page 27.

Clean Disk function

The Clean Disk functions lists files that have not been used recently and have been successfully backed up. You can delete the files on that list, knowing you can restore these files from backup copies at a later date if required.

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TouchBrowser
TouchBrowser is specifically designed to offer you a more comfortable web surfing experience when using touch input. Open Acer Ring and tap the TouchBrowser AppCard to launch the browser.

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The toolbar at the top of the screen gives you easy control over the open page.

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TouchBrowser

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To enter a website address, tap the URL bar. A keyboard icon will display, allowing you to open a virtual keyboard and enter text, or use handwriting to enter the URL. 1 2 3

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Description Go back one page. Go forward to the next page in the browsing history. Open the defined home page. Shows the pages currently open. Tap to open a new tab. Shows the address of the current page. Refreshes the current tab content. Add the current page to your favorites. Open the list of your favorites / history. Crop a part of the web page for use in My Journal or Scrapbook. Print the page. View the Help file. Minimizes the browser. Closes the browser.

Add to favorites Favorites Web Clip Print Help Minimize Close

You can use a pinch action to zoom in to content on the page.

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Adding a page to your Favorites

To add a page to your Favorites, tap the Add to Favorites icon, give the page a name (the page title will be used by default) and select a folder to save the URL to.

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My Journal

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My Journal
My Journal is a handy place for you to keep clippings of websites and other information you may want to refer to later. You can organize the information you wish to view from a number of sources on a single, easy-to-view page. Open Acer Ring and scroll through the AppCards to My Journal. Tap the AppCard to open the application.

Website content is automatically updated each time you open the journal page. Use the tabs along the top of the screen to switch between your journal pages, or tap the icons on the toolbar to perform various functions. 3 4 5 1 2

6 No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Item Web clip Edit Help Minimize Close Tabs Description Crop a part of the web page for use in My Journal. Edit the content on the journal pages. View the help file. Minimizes My Journal. Closes My Journal. Shows the pages in your journal.

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Note: When you have finished editing your clips, tap

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return to viewing mode. If you want to edit a web clip at a later time, tap the edit icon to enter edit mode.

Editing pages
In edit mode, you can resize web clips by dragging the corners of the web clip to the size you want. You can also move web clips to other pages by dragging the web clip to the tab for the page you want to move the clip to. Tap the name of a tab to rename the tab. You can use either the virtual keyboard or the keyboard on the dock. When you have finished, tap .

Web Clip
The web clip tool allows you to clip parts of web pages to save them to My Journal. Once you have a page open in your browser, tap the Web clip icon.

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My Journal

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Tap the browser screen to select the area you want to crop; tap and drag on any of the circles on the corner of the crop window to expand it to include all the information you want to capture.

When you have finished selecting the area you want to crop, tap the area to open a menu that will allow you to paste the content into My Journal or Copy it to the clipboard. You can also Save bitmap as... or Discard the web clip.

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In My Journal, tap a clip to select it, then you can position it on the page and stretch it by dragging the corners to the desired size.

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To delete a web clip, tap the clip in My Journal and tap the trash can icon.

Note: If the web clip comes from a site that requires a login, the clip will be grayed out and a key icon will show to indicate that it requires a login. Tap the clip to open the login page in My Journal.

Note: If an Internet connection to the website is unavailable, the clip will indicate that the connection is unavailable. Tap the clip to refresh the data.

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Acer clear.fi

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Acer clear.fi
Acer clear.fi is a home media database viewer and controller. It allows you to browse media content, such as music, photos, or videos, on devices that are on the same network.

Media content types

When you launch Acer clear.fi, you can choose the media content type. There are three types defined: Video, Music, and Photo.

DMS (Digital Media Server) devices

DMS devices include DLNA-compliant personal computers and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices. These devices store content and make it available to DMP (Digital Media Player) and DMR (Digital Media Renderer) devices. Acer clear.fi will list DMS devices on the main screen, and you can choose ALL DEVICES or a specific device to browse the media stored.

Display media content

If you want to display media content on your computer, you just need to doubleclick the media content. If you want to display the media content on a remote device, you need to do the following: 1 2 3 Choose the media content. Select Play To. Select the files you wish to play, then send them to the remote device. The target icon will change to display the status. You can view playback controls and progress on the target.

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Save media content

If you want to save media content to a remote device, you need to do the following: 1 2 3 Choose the media content. Select Save To. Select the files you wish to save, then send them to the remote device. The target icon will change to display the status. You can view the save status progress bar on the target. Click the target to display a dialog box that allows you to cancel the process.

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Search media
If you want to search your media content, you need to choose the media type first; then enter a keyword in the search bar. Acer clear.fi will list the media content that matches the keyword.

Media sharing settings

You can adjust settings according to your requirements.

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Device Control

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Device Control
Device Control is a convenient way for you to control the screen brightness and adjust the volume to suit your needs. It also indicates the location of each port on your computer and allows you to turn your connectivity devices on or off, select a power scheme, lock your computer, turn it off, or place it in Sleep mode. The Device Control UI also indicates if the tablet is docked:

Or if the tablet is undocked:

If you have any devices plugged into a USB port or the HDMI port, Device Control will show what type of device is plugged into each port. If you have inserted a

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To safely remove the device, select Eject from the menu. There is also a context menu available for the HDMI connector.

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Using the virtual keyboard

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Using the virtual keyboard

Microsoft Windows provides a convenient virtual keyboard for entering data. To use the keyboard, tap a text box to display the keyboard icon. Tap the icon to open the keyboard. Alternatively, tap and drag the keyboard tab displayed on the left-hand side of the screen.

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SocialJogger
Open Acer Ring and tap the SocialJogger AppCard.

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SocialJogger gives you one-touch access to popular social networking sites: Facebook, YouTube and Flickr.

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SocialJogger

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Tap Log In to open the login wizard. You can log into all three supported services from a single login wizard. If you dont already have an account with the supported services, you can create an account from the wizard.

Tap Continue to log into your account(s): Facebook

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SocialJogger

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Sharing content
You can upload content to each service by tapping the Share on icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page. This will open a file browser above the three service pages. Drag and drop the content you want to share to the desired service.

Settings
You can adjust the settings for each service by tapping the Settings icon. This opens the settings window with a tab for each service.

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Acer Backup Manager

Acer Backup Manager includes a Migration and Synchronization Wizard which runs after Windows 7 setup is complete. Additionally, you can launch it by doubleclicking the desktop shortcut. It helps you migrate system settings (e.g., email settings and Internet Explorer Favorites) from an existing computer to your new tablet PC.

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It also establishes a synchronization relationship between the two computers, so that all files in the Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos libraries on the tablet PC will be kept synchronized with their shadows on the other PC. Acer Backup Manager also includes the Disk Clean function (please refer to Clean Disk function on page 10.)